Reds July 2023 thread

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(07-17-2023, 10:13 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I remember the stinking Pirates oh 3 years ago or something? Stunk, not that we were great haha. But they beat us like a drum, we IIRC started the season against them like 1-8 or something. I think we ended up not so horrible like 7-11 or something ? But they just took us out behind the woodshed, a lot.

Sometimes teams just have your number. And to be fair this is still a very young team, slumps are going to happen. It's unusual it's the whole team at once but that's probably due in part to their youth.

I'm not in panic mode....yet 

Pitching hasn't been the problem of late. But I still believe in the end that will be our downfall. Not the offense

It seems we only get pitching or hitting, but never both at the same time haha.

I know a player that bats like EDLC is going to have periods where he is unstoppable and periods where he is extremely stoppable, but that whole 4 game skid was horrendous for him, 1 for 16 with 6 strikeouts and 0 walks or steals.

Brutal.

But it wasn't just him. The whole team struggled mightily. Will Benson (1 for 6 with 3 BBs, 1 SB and 3 SOs), Joey Votto (1 for 11 with 3 SOs and 3 BBs) and Matt McLain(4 for 15 with 8 SOs and 1 BB) were okay, but well below their capabilities. The rest of the team though...jeez...

Friedl was 1 for 14 with 6 SOs and 1 BB
Fraley was 2 for 12 with 6 SOs and 0 BB (but one of those hits was a HR).
India was 2 for 15 with 6 SOs and 0 BB
Steer was 1 for 13 with 7 SOs and 1 BB
Stephenson was 0 for 13 with 4 SOs and 1 BB

You're not going to win many games with every person in the line up throwing out those numbers.

I just hope there isn't some glaring weakness that Milwaukee noticed in this team's approach at the plate and exploited that now other teams will use.

This SF Giants series will be a great barometer to judge whether this was just an aberration or if it's the beginning of a regression to the mean for this team.

The Baltimore Orioles were very hot last year as a young team with a bunch of stars making their debut who looked like they were going to make the playoffs, at one point 10 games over .500 on September 3rd. They finished out the season 12-18 and narrowly missed the playoffs.

I would prefer we don't follow that same trajectory (even though it looks like 2023 is going to be Baltimore's year).